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Topic: Yitzchak Ben-Yisrael

June 12, 2013
6:47 pm

Eugene Kaspersky (left) and Yitzhak Ben Yisrael at the Third Annual International Cyber Security Conference of Tel Aviv University's Yuval Ne’eman Workshop on Wednesday (Photo credit: Courtesy)

‘Cyber-terror is growing threat’ to infrastructure systems

Nations, companies and individuals need a coherent Web defense policy, says head of Kaspersky cyber protection firm

By David Shamah

April 5, 2013
6:44 am

Dr. Yitzchak Ben-Yisrael of the National Cyber Directorate at a recent conference (photo credit: Courtesy Yuval Ne'eman Workshop for Science, Technology, and Security of Tel Aviv University)

On eve of attack, Israel preparing for the cyber-worst

Top cybersecurity experts lay out how businesses, government — and ordinary Israelis — can protect themselves from ‘the largest Internet battle in the history of mankind’

By David Shamah

December 13, 2012
2:14 pm

Professor Yitzchak Ben-Yisrael (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

For better or worse, cybersecurity a growth industry for Israel

No one is happy about the greatly increased need for cyberdefense. But some Israeli start-ups may keep hacks at bay

By David Shamah

September 6, 2012
2:27 am

Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat (L) and Director of the Israel Electric Company Yiftach Ron-Tal turned down the lights of the Old City walls in Jerusalem on Earth Day earlier this year (Photo credit: Matanya Tausig/Flash 90)

Israel fights off 1,000 cyber-attack hits a minute

Experts work 24/7 to thwart attacks; Israel Electric Company hit by 20,000 attempts each day

By David Shamah